Baker, Kenneth (Ed)
The Faber Book of Conservatism
general level
Faber and Faber: 1993
374pp 234 x 153
Containing the essence of conservative principles, ideas and attitudes, this book includes speeches and writings as well as poems by Chaucer, Shakespeare, Kipling, Yeats, Eliot and Auden, with passages from Dickens, Trollope, Galsworthy, Conrad and Evelyn Waugh.
Hardback ISBN:0 571 14855 7 £14.99

BBC Radio Collection
Yes, Prime Minister
general level
BBC Radio Collection: 06 1995
Series: BBC Radio Collection
Four episodes of the television comedy series, including "Official Secrets" and "A Conflict of Interest", in which Jim Hacker (played by Paul Eddington) has reached No 10, and Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne) puts a spanner in the mechanisms of government.
Cassette ISBN:0 563 39031 X £7.99

BBC
Yes Minister 1
general level
BBC Radio Collection: 1990
audio cassette
Cassette ISBN:0 563 41269 0 £7.99

Benn, Tony
The Benn Tapes: 2
general, professional level
BBC Radio Collection: 07 1995
Series: BBC Radio Collection
Each night for over 25 years, the Labour MP and former Secretary of State, Tony Benn, has sat alone and dictated onto tape his account of the daily events at the heart of government. The tapes in this pack were broadcast in his second Radio 4 series, and are accompanied by Benn's background notes.
Cassette ISBN:0 563 38805 6 £9.99

Bhavnani, Kum-Kum
Talking Politics: a Psychological Framing for Views from Youth in Britain
undergraduate, professional level
Cambridge University Press: 1991
229pp 236 x 151
Series: European Monographs in Social Psychology
Examines the view of politics presented by young working class people in contemporary Britain. The author uses ethnographic approaches and open response interviewing within the broad theoretical framework of social representations.
Hardback ISBN:0 521 38044 8 £32.50

Biffen, John
Inside the House of Commons: Behind the Scenes at Westminster
general level
Grafton: 10 1989
240pp
Hardback ISBN: 0 246 13479 8 £16.95

Birch, Anthony H.
The British System of Government
undergraduate level
Routledge: 11 1993
9th edition
This edition continues to provide a comprehensive and up to date account of British political institutions, the way in which they operate, and what they reveal of the society in which they have developed. It includes a chapter on Britain and the European Community.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 08937 9 £12.99

Blackburn, Robert
The Electoral System in Britain
undergraduate, professional level
Macmillan Press: 02 1995
430pp 216 x 138: Tables, illustrations
Provides an account of the British system of parliamentary elections. The book contains a description of the current structure and operation of the electoral system, focusing on areas which have given rise to political concern or controversy, and on the proposals for reform that are in debate.
Hardback ISBN:0 333 62919 1 £47.50
Paperback ISBN:0 333 62918 3 £15.99

Butler, David & Butler, Gareth
British Political Facts, 1900-1994
undergraduate, professional level
Macmillan Press: 05 1994
600pp 234 x 156: Bibliography: 7th edition Covers the who, the what and the when of British political theory in the 20th century. The facts in this edition have been rechecked and updated to 1994, and it includes revised chapters on the economy and the public sector.
Paperback ISBN:0 333 52617 1 £20.50

Castle, Barbara
The Castle Diaries: 1964-1976
general level
Papermac: 1993
816pp 234 x 156
A day by day account of the author's experience as a Cabinet Minister through the Wilson and Callaghan administrations. Barbara Castle's other memoirs are "Fighting All the Way".
Paperback ISBN:0 333 49949 2 £14.99

Castle, Barbara
Fighting All the Way
general level
Pan: 09 1994
640pp 197 x 130
As a politician of the first rank in the Labour Party, a pioneering woman in the corridors of power, and a major force in Europe's Parliament, Barbara Castle is one of the most outstanding personalities in political life in recent decades. This book contains her memoirs.
Paperback ISBN:0 330 32886 7 £8.99

Collini, Stefan
Public Moralists: Political Thought and Intellectual Life in Britain
1850 1930
undergraduate, professional level
Clarendon Paperbacks: 02 1993
390pp 215 x 140: Index
This study explores the moral sensibilities and cultural assumptions that were at the heart of political debate in Victorian and early 20th century Britain.
Paperback ISBN:0 19 820422 1 £16.99

Crewe, Ivor & Fox, Anthony et al
The British Electorate, 1963 1992: a Compendium of Data From The British Election Studies
undergraduate, professional level
Cambridge UP: 11 1995
368pp 270 x 196: 480 tables
Since 1963 statistical information about British voters and British elections has been collected by the British Election Studies research teams. This text aims to make this data available in a format accessible to the non technical user.
Paperback ISBN:0 521 49965 8 £29.95

Davies, A.J.
To Build a New Jerusalem: the British Labour Party from Keir Hardy to Tony Blair
general level
Abacus Little, Bro
wn: 09 1996
592pp 198 x 129: 16pp b&w photographs
This work traces the development of the Labour Party and explores the lives and careers of the individuals who shaped it Keir Hardy, Ramsay MacDonald, Clement Atlee and Jim Callaghan and analyzes recurring and contentious issues such as defence, the economy, welfare and Europe.
Paperback ISBN:0 349 10809 9 £8.99

Dunleavy, Patrick(Ed) & Gamble, Andrew(Ed) et al
Developments in British Politics 4
undergraduate, professional level
Macmillan Press: 06 1993
384pp 216 x 138
Continuing the tradition of up to date and theoretically informed analysis established in previous "Developments" books, new chapters provide a comprehensive introduction to British politics under Prime Minister Major. Patrick Dunleavy is the author of "Democracy, Bureaucracy and Public Choice".
Paperback ISBN:0 333 58014 1 £12.99

Ellison, Nick
Egalitarian Thought and Labour Politics
general level
Routledge: 11 1994
272pp
Hardback ISBN: 0 415 06972 6 £42.50

Grant, Wyn
Pressure Groups, Politics and Democracy
undergraduate level
Harvester Wheatsheaf: 12 1994
176pp 216 x 138: References, index
Series: Contemporary Political Studies Series
A revised edition of this introductory textbook on pressure groups in Britain and their role in the political process. Coverage examines definitions and characteristics of pressure groups, and shows how groups seek to influence British politics and local, national and European public policy.
Paperback ISBN:0 7450 1672 3 £11.50

Lively, Jack & Lively, Adam
Democracy in Britain: a Reader
professional level
Blackwell Publishers: 05 1994
320pp 229 x 152
Dewey class: 321.80941
Traces the debate on representative democracy in Britain from its origins to the present. Chapters cover such topics as the constitution (written and unwritten); the balance of powers between different groups in society; and the social contract and the nature of freedom under the law.
Hardback ISBN:0 631 18829 0 £50.00
Paperback ISBN:0 631 18831 2 £13.99

Magdwick, P.J.
British Government: the Central Executive Territory
undergraduate, professional level
Philip Allan: 1991
341pp 215 x 140
Series: Contemporary Political Studies
Offers an account of what the author calls "the central territory" that collection of politicians, administrators, groups, offices and units at the centre of the executive branch of British government. It analyzes the leadership of both Margaret Thatcher and Harold Wilson.
Hardback ISBN:0 86003 416 X £42.95
Paperback ISBN:0 86003 716 9 £11.95

Radice, L. et al
Member Of Parliament: the Job of a Backbencher
Macmillan Press: 04 1990
185pp: Bibliography, index
Paperback ISBN:0 333 49122 X £16.99